[Konsep intervensi kemanusiaan merujuk kembali kepada great debate dalamhubungan internasional antara idealisme dan realisme. Intervensi kemanusiaanmenjadi sebuah konsep yang ditawarkan oleh perspektif idealisme sebagai sebuahtanggung jawab komunitas internasional untuk membantu pemenuhan hak hidupsetiap individu di negara yang tidak mampu menjalankan fungsi perlindunganterhadap warga negaranya. Pelaksanaan intervensi yang melewati batasanjurisdiksi dan otoritas pemerintah negara berdaulat bertentangan dengan prinsipdasar kedaulatan dalam hubungan internasional. Pengaruh Great Powers dalampelaksanaan intervensi kemanusiaan juga menimbulkan kritik dari realisme yangmelihatnya sebagai sebuah politik kekuatan. Hal tersebut menarik perhatianpenulis untuk mengkaji lebih lanjut mengenai perdebatan-perdebatan yangmuncul dalam pembahasan mengenai intervensi kemanusiaan. Tulisan ini akanmemberikan pembahasan mengenai perdebatan intervensi kemanusiaan dalamketerkaitannya dengan great debate dalam hubungan internasional, serta beberapaalternatif pemikiran ideal terkait perdebatan tersebut.;The concept of humanitarian intervention referred back to the great debate ininternational relations between idealisme and realism. Idealism explainedhumanitarian intervention as a mechanism of responsibility of the internationalcommunity to help every individual to meet their basic rights. Internationalcommunity have the obligation to help a nation which the government could notfulfilled their responsibility to protect the citizen. Despite its moral background,the practice of humanitarian intervention is breaking the rules of sovereignty andnon-intervention in international relations. Critics from realism focus on theviolation of sovereignty and domination of Great Powers in the implementation ofthe concept. The paper explored the concept of humanitarian intervention in itsrelations with great debate between idealism and realism in IR, along with somealternative perspectives around the debates.;The concept of humanitarian intervention referred back to the great debate ininternational relations between idealisme and realism. Idealism explainedhumanitarian intervention as a mechanism of responsibility of the internationalcommunity to help every individual to meet their basic rights. Internationalcommunity have the obligation to help a nation which the government could notfulfilled their responsibility to protect the citizen. Despite its moral background,the practice of humanitarian intervention is breaking the rules of sovereignty andnon-intervention in international relations. Critics from realism focus on theviolation of sovereignty and domination of Great Powers in the implementation ofthe concept. The paper explored the concept of humanitarian intervention in itsrelations with great debate between idealism and realism in IR, along with somealternative perspectives around the debates., The concept of humanitarian intervention referred back to the great debate ininternational relations between idealisme and realism. Idealism explainedhumanitarian intervention as a mechanism of responsibility of the internationalcommunity to help every individual to meet their basic rights. Internationalcommunity have the obligation to help a nation which the government could notfulfilled their responsibility to protect the citizen. Despite its moral background,the practice of humanitarian intervention is breaking the rules of sovereignty andnon-intervention in international relations. Critics from realism focus on theviolation of sovereignty and domination of Great Powers in the implementation ofthe concept. The paper explored the concept of humanitarian intervention in itsrelations with great debate between idealism and realism in IR, along with somealternative perspectives around the debates.]